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Significado (Inglés)

  1. (declension-5) sharp edge or point
  2. (declension-5) battle line
  3. (declension-5) battle, engagement
  4. (Late-Latin, declension-5) steel
  5. (declension-5) sharpness of sight, keeness of a glance
  6. (declension-5) the pupil of an eye
  7. (declension-5) a fixed look
  8. (declension-5) acuteness of mind
  9. (declension-5) a verbal contest

Frecuencia

B2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
[ˈa.ki.eːs]
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). By surface analysis, aceō + -iēs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “point, pointed object”), ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) and Proto-Germanic *agjō (whence English edge). See also word origin of ace.

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